The Japanese Youth Girls National Team has long been one
of the leading teams in the world and is a recent World Champion.

Last year, the Japanese Youth Girls National Team won
gold at the 7th Asian Youth Girls Championship held in Manila in 2008 and most
of those players will play an active role in the club's progress at the 2009
FIVB Girls Youth World Championship.

The key players of Japan's Youth Girls team of 2009 - as
well as its head coach, Yoshiki Ogawa - are from Japan's champion high school
team. As their study must take preference to Volleyball, the Youth Girls team
can only gather for practice during certain weekends and holidays in the summer
and winter.

Japan is a well-balanced team in terms of offense and
defense. While not the tallest team at the tournament, our players will rely on
their speed and accuracy to get the job done.

Japan has been looking forward to competing in official
competitions and the time has now come. We will do our best.

Yoshiki Ogawa, 53, is an enthusiastic and very
experienced Volleyball coach.

Ogawa started playing Volleyball at the age of 11 and it
is no exaggeration to say that since then Ogawa has been devoted to the sport.

At the age of 19, while studying law and physical
education at university, Ogawa took up coaching Volleyball at Shimokitazawa
Seitoku High School in Tokyo.

After graduation, Ogawa got a job as a PE teacher at the
same high school and continued coaching volleyball. Ogawa has led his high
school team to the national championship seven times - twice as runners-up and
five times in third place.

Ogawa's coaching ability did not go unnoticed. He was
appointed head coach of the Japanese women's national B team in 2003. His
coaching methods have a good reputation and his coaching policy is not to
stereotype his players, but to develop their potential to the fullest. Ogawa
has produced many national players, such as Kana Oyama and Saori Kimura, who
are pursuing their dreams to win a medal in the Olympics in London in 2012.